EP 2075455 A3 20090812 - Self-damping fuel rail
Title (en)
Self-damping fuel rail
Title (de)
Eigendämpfungs-Kraftstoffleiste
Title (fr)
Rampe de carburant auto amortissant
Publication
Application
Priority
US 96486907 A 20071227
Abstract (en)
[origin: US7493892B1] A self-damping fuel rail for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine includes an elongated tube defining a wall and having a longitudinal axis. The wall defines a fuel passageway and has a first wall portion movable between a first position bowed inwardly toward the longitudinal axis when the self damping fuel rail is in a non-operative state, and a second position moved outwardly away from the longitudinal axis when the self-damping fuel rail is in an operative state. The self-damping fuel rail also includes at least one fuel outlet configured to facilitate communication between the fuel passageway and a fuel injector.
IPC 8 full level
F02M 55/04 (2006.01); F02M 69/46 (2006.01); F02M 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F02M 55/025 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 55/04 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 69/465 (2013.01 - EP US); F16L 9/006 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 2200/315 (2013.01 - EP US); F02M 2200/80 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] EP 1550805 A1 20050706 - USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KK [JP]
- [X] US 4660524 A 19870428 - BERTSCH RICHARD [DE], et al
- [X] US 6354273 B1 20020312 - IMURA IZUMI [JP], et al
- [Y] US 6371083 B1 20020416 - ROSSI PAUL L [US], et al
- [A] WO 2007013454 A1 20070201 - USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KK [JP], et al
- [A] US 2006081220 A1 20060420 - SIMS DEWEY M JR [US], et al
- [A] US 5983863 A 19991116 - CAVANAGH MARK S [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA MK RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 7493892 B1 20090224; EP 2075455 A2 20090701; EP 2075455 A3 20090812; EP 2075455 B1 20120321; EP 2405125 A1 20120111; JP 2009156255 A 20090716; JP 5308114 B2 20131009
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 96486907 A 20071227; EP 08017860 A 20081011; EP 11177894 A 20081011; JP 2008259323 A 20081006